Karmis's Castle

A letter from Grimslade:

'ello there! I be Grimslade, dark elven wizard of Lumnis, Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge. Despite my dark elven heritage, I am not 'evil'. Some people say I'm a halfling in disguise. If it wasn't for the fact that I don't consider tarts a delicacy, I'd think I was a hobbit myself. Anyway, I spent some time getting information on weaponry. While I may not be a warrior and use th' stuff, I am a wizard and seeker of knowledge.

A letter from Grimslade's player:

I wrote a weapon guide a while back under my first account and different character name. However, since his time a lot has happened. To sum everything up, I am on my third account (Not because of bad behavior, but because I left GemStone a couple times. But I'm back now). Even though a lot has changed, this guide shall be no less informative then the first one. I intend for it to be better. The other guide was somewhat misleading. The only good that came from it was the weapon listing, most everything else was incorrect. For example, I listed one weapon to be as good as another, and that weapon was as worse as another, and that weapon was better than another, etc. I didn't give basic weapon types. All weapons are either another weapon renamed or an entire weapon in itself. Each weapon isn't it's own weapon (read it a couple times if you don't understand it).

I expect those of you reading this have at least minimal knowledge of weapons in GemStone, as well as the combat system. This guide is not for people who haven't played the game.

The weapons have been split into different weapon classes (i.e. one-handed edged, pole-arms, etc.).

The format is:

The weapon's name.

The damage type, not what training it's based from, but what kind of damage it will do against a foe (i.e. slash, puncture, or crushing. [Some undead and all golems are immune to punctures])

A short description, including what it is really like, and what armor the weapon does good/bad against. (i.e. I wouldn't recommend a dagger against full plate.)

Other names, as what other weapons are the same as that weapons (i.e. A waraxe is the same as a hand axe [Not identical, the stats(AvD, damage factor) are the same, though.])

A couple terms you'll need to know:

AvD: Stands for attack vs. defense, or something along the lines. Whenever you swing your weapon (or cast an elemental spell) against armor, you see that in the combat form.

Damage factor: It's hard to describe, so I'll put it as best I can: When a weapon is swung against a certain type of armor, there is one more equation that is not shown, and that is the damage factor. When you swing a dagger against skin it will do more damage than when you swing a dagger against full plate, and damage factor expresses that for each weapon and armor.